Combination garment hanger and creaser.



x w. H. NUDING. COMBINATION GARMENT HANGER AND CREASER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I5, 1915.

1,169,423, Patented Jun. 25,1916.

\ hhtl WILLIAM H. NUDING, OF BROWNSBO-RO, OREGON.

COMBINATION GARMENT HANGER AND CREASER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916 Application field May 15, 1915. SerialN0.,28,438.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. NUDING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brownsboro, in the county of Jackson and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Combination Garment Hanger and Creaser;andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to. which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a combination garment hanger or supporter andcreaser, and it has for. its object to provide an improved device ofthis design, more especially adapted as a hanger and creaser fortrousers.

Another object of the invention is to prozide a collapsible combinationgarment hanger and creaser.

A further object isthe provision of two pairs of strips for clamping theedges of a pair of trousers, in order to consequently form a crease inthe front and rear, there being a-plurality' of U-shaped clamps forclamping the strips in position.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of sectional stripshingedly connected, so that the strips may be collapsed. A furtherfeature of the construction is is the provision of means for holding the.strips of each pair in registration.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

,In the drawings:Figur 1 isa-view in elevation, showing a pair oftrousers folded suitably for creasing and being inverted, andillustrating the clamping strips as applied to the edges, and a suitablehanger engaging hooks of the upper ends of two of the strips, wherebythe trousers may be suspended, on a hook in the wall, or in a cupboardor wardrobe or the like. Fig. 2 illustrates collective views ofthe twopairs of clamping strips. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the combinedhanger and clamp for the lower portions of the trousers. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail perspective view of the lower portion of one pair of thestrips, showing how a spreader member is attached for holding the lowerportion of the pairs of strips separated, to hold the .trousersstretched, a little beyond the seat thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates one pairof strips, and 2 anotherpair. Each strip of each pair consists of two sections 3 and 4 hingedtogether as at 5. The edge portion adjacent the upper end of the section4 of one of the strips of one pa r is. provided with a staple 6, whichbeing driven into the section forms an elongated eye 7. The edge of thelower portion of the lower section 3 of each strip has a staple 6 driveninto the section in a manner similar tothe'staple 6 to form an elongatedeye 7*.

The upper portion of the section 4, and the lower portion of the section3of each strip which cooperates opposite the strip having the elongatedeyes 7 and 7 are provided with upper and lower straps 9. Each strap 9has a bent end 10 overlying one edge of the section to which the strap 9is secured and is secured as shown to said edge. The upper straps areprovided with tongues 8 at their opposite ends to pass through theelongated eyes 7, to hold the upper sections of the cooperating stripsin registration. The lower straps 9 have tongues 8 opposite the bentends 10 of the lower straps, to pass through the elongated eyes 7 tohold the lower sections of the cooperating strips in registration.

The extreme upper end of one of the sections 4 of one of the strips ofeach pair of strips has a U-shaped member 11 secured at 12 to theopposite edges .of said sections. This U-shaped member has an extension13 terminating in a hook 14, the purpose of which will appear presently.However, the extension 13 is bentat 15, so that the extension willprotrude in a plane substantially alined with the inner face of thesection 4 'to which the U-shaped member is secured.

1. A spreader strip 2 is provided having one edge thereof adjacent bothends of the strip provided with teeth 23. The spreader 22 is soemployed, that one of the teeth adj acent each end of the spreaderengages an eye or staple 23 of one of the strips of each pair of strips,so as to hold the trousers stretched as shown in Fig. l. A combinationhanger and clamp 25 is provided. This combination hanger and clampcomprises the oppositely bowed spring blades 26, whichare designed toclamp upon opposite sides of the lower ends of the trousers, therebyholding the trousers inverted and clamped together at their bottoms.These springblades 26 also engage the hooks 14. The hanger portionconsists of a metallic spring strip curved upon itself to form the eye27 and beyond the eye, the strip forms two spring arms 28, which areriveted at 29 to the spring blades 26. These spring arms, as shownclearly in Figs. 1 and 3 extend at angles to the blades 26, so that theblades 26 conform to the cut of the bottoms of the trousers. A loop 30is mounted upon the spring arms 28, and by sliding this loop downwardlyupon the arms drawing them together, the spring blades 26 will clamptightly against the trousers. A suitable eye 31 is swiveled at 32 to theeye 27, and to the eye 31 a hook 33 is connected, whereby thecombination hanger and clamp 25 together with the creasing strips andthe trousers may be suspended from a projection on the wall, or from anysuitable means in a cupboard or wardrobe.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis In combination, two pair of creasing strips, one strip of each pairhaving upper and lower guide eyes, the other strip of each pair havinglaterally extending tongues engaging theguide eyes to hold the strips ofeach pair in registration, one of the strips of each pair upon one faceadjacent its lower. end having an additional eye, a spreader havingteeth upon one of its edges adjacent both' ends to engage saidadditional eyes to hold both pair of strips separated and the trousersstretched, the upper end of one strip of each pair having an upwardlyextending hook, and a combination hanger and clamp device engaging saidhooks for suspending the creasing strips and the trousers, said hangerand clamp device comprising spring arms having transverse clampingmembers at their lower ends to engage opposite faces of the lower end ofthe trousers and engage said hooks, and a loop on said spring arms todraw the clamps tight against the trousers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. NUDING.

Witnesses:

GEo. W. CHERRY, WM. J. Soon.

